This is the common feature that allowed for the production of surplus food in all four of the major early civilizations?
What are rivers, The Nile, The Indus, The Yangtze and the Tigris and Euphrates.
100
These Bronze age warrior peoples had figured out the next stage in metallurgy which gave them an enormous advantage on the battle field over the Assyrians and Babylonians
Who are the Hittites?
100
He was the first of the Mesopotamian Lugals who expanded their control to create an empire.
Who is Sargon
100
These religious buildings were the center of mesopotamian life. They also give us evidence of well organized government and social stratification.
What are Ziggurats
100
This early Bronze Age development came about because of long distance trade.
What is the wheel?
200
Technological innovations that led to the rise in agricultural production in southern Mesopotamia
What are Fallow fields, Ox drawn plows, Irrigation
200
This was the first empire.
What is Akkadia?
200
This Ancient King was the protagonist in the greatest literary work of Mesopotamia.
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
This system of writing developed in Mesopotamia as a way for temple leaders to record transactions, inventory and income.
What is Cuneiform?
200
besides Iron weapons the Hittites also were the first to utilize these in combat giving them a big advantage over their adversaries.
What is a chariot?
300
These are characterized by urban centers that were often run by a centralized government and surrounded by agricultural lands that supported their populations.
What are city-states
300
Order in this kingdom was aided by the presence of Steles containing the written laws prominently displayed in public.
What is Babylon?
300
Despite his renown cruelty in conquest this great leader is often given the credit for giving modern historians a more complete understanding of Meso. Name the person and what he did to inform modern historians.
Who is Ashurbanipal? What is the Library of Ashurbanipal?
300
This group of people lost importance and status as Mesopotamia urbanized.
Who are Women?
300
These are some of the terror tactics used by the Neo-Assyrians to conquer and control their enemies?
What is public, brutal executions..etc.
400
This is the primary human activity before civilizations developed.
What is Hunting and gathering? (food production)
400
This group lay claim to the first true empire because their existence was based on conquest and control over other people.
What is the Neo-Assyrian Empire?
400
This leader created the first codified law and ruled with an iron fist!
Who is Hammurabi?
400
These were small statuettes often used by citizens to honor their gods. They sometimes give evidence of cosmopolitanism.
What is a votive?
400
This is the greatest of the Neo-Assyrian contributions preserving culture and history of the region to inform us about ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the Library of Ashurbanipal?
500
These are the eight features of a civilization
What are a Government (political system; Specialization (non food producing activities); Population shift to urban centers; Social Stratification; Monumental Building; Long Distance Trade; Leisure Time (Science and Arts)
500
This Empire eventually occupied most of the territory that had been ruled by the Neo-Assyrians.
What is Neo-Babylonia?
500
This great leader is often given the credit for creating one of the seven wonders for his wife.